Long Hailstones Poems
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Poems About the Coronavirus IPoems about the Coronavirus I
yet another iffy coronavirus haiku #1
by michael r. burch
plagued by the Plague
i plague the goldfish
with my verse
yet another iffy coronavirus haiku #2
by michael r. burch
sunflowers
hang their heads
embarrassed by their coronas
I wrote...
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Categories:
hailstones, absence, anxiety, bereavement, caregiving, death, depression, fear,
Form:
Haiku
Animal PoemsDot Spotted
by Michael R. Burch
There once was a leopardess, Dot,
who indignantly answered: "I’ll not!
The gents are impressed
with the way that I’m dressed.
I wouldn’t change even one spot."
Stage Craft-y
by Michael R. Burch
There once was a dromedary
who...
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Categories:
hailstones, animal, cat, dog, friend, friendship, friendship love,
Form:
Limerick
Epitaph For a Palestinian ChildEpitaph for a Palestinian Child
by Michael R. Burch
I lived as best I could, and then I died.
Be careful where you step: the grave is wide.
This poem has also been titled "Epitaph for a Child of...
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Categories:
hailstones, absence, bereavement, conflict, death, discrimination, eulogy, funeral,
Form:
Epitaph
Poems About Butterflies and BeesPoems about Butterflies and Bees
Flight
by Michael R. Burch
It is the nature of loveliness to vanish
as butterfly wings, batting against nothingness
seek transcendence...
Album
by Michael R. Burch
I caress them—trapped in brittle cellophane—
and I see how young they were,...
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Categories:
hailstones, animal, butterfly, flying, insect, sky, wind,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About the Coronavirus IiPoems about the Coronavirus II
This World's Joy
(anonymous Middle English lyric, circa early 14th century AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Winter awakens all my care
as leafless trees grow bare.
For now my sighs are fraught
whenever it enters...
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Categories:
hailstones, fear, loneliness, loss, natural disasters, scary, social,
Form:
Rhyme
Where Does the Butterfly GoWhere Does the Butterfly Go?
by Michael R. Burch
for the children of the Holocaust and the Nakba
Where does the butterfly go
when lightning rails,
when thunder howls,
when hailstones scream,
when winter scowls,
when nights compound dark frosts with snow ...
Where...
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Categories:
hailstones, holocaust,
Form:
Verse
Tawfiq Zayyad Translation: Here We Shall RemainHere We Shall Remain
by Tawfiq Zayyad
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Like twenty impossibilities
in Lydda, Ramla and Galilee ...
here we shall remain.
Like brick walls braced against your chests;
lodged in your throats
like shards of glass
or prickly cactus...
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Categories:
hailstones, arabic, poems, poverty, prison, race, racism, song,
Form:
Free verse
First They Came For the MuslimsFirst they came for the Muslims
after Martin Niemoller
First they came for the Muslims
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Muslim.
Then they came for the homosexuals
and I did not speak out
because I was...
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Categories:
hailstones, culture, discrimination, faith, god, islamic, truth, usa,
Form:
Free verse
Poems About Fathers and Grandfathers IvPoems about Fathers and Grandfathers IV
Neglect
by Michael R. Burch
What good are your tears?
They will not spare the dying their anguish.
What good is your concern
to a child sick of living, waiting to perish?
What good, the warm...
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Categories:
hailstones, family, father, father daughter, father son, fathers
Form:
Rhyme
CleansingsCleansings
by Michael R. Burch
Walk here among the walking specters. Learn
inhuman patience. Flesh can only cleave
to bone this tightly if their hearts believe
that God is good, and never mind the Urn.
A lentil and a bean might...
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Categories:
hailstones, holocaust, prison, race, racism, violence, world war
Form:
Verse
If I FalterIf I Falter
by Michael R. Burch
for Beth
If I regret
fire in the sunset
exploding on the horizon,
then let me regret loving you.
If I forget
even for a moment
that you are the only one,
then let me forget that the...
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Categories:
hailstones, desire, engagement, fire, for her, friendship love,
Form:
Verse
Poems About Children VPoems about Children V
Pan
by Michael R. Burch
Among the shadows of the groaning elms,
amid the darkening oaks, we fled ourselves
Once there were paths that led to coracles
that clung to piers like loosening barnacles
where we cannot return,...
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Categories:
hailstones, autumn, baseball, child, childhood, children, dog, sports,
Form:
Rhyme
World War Ii Poems and Holocaust Poems - IWorld War II Poems and Holocaust Poems (I)
These are poems about World War II and the Holocaust, which is also called the Shoah in Hebrew.
Epitaph for a Child of the Holocaust
by Michael R. Burch
I...
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Categories:
hailstones, evil, holocaust, racism, truth, war, world, world
Form:
Rhyme
Sandy Hook Poems 1Sandy Hook Call to Love
by Michael R. Burch
Our hearts are broken today
for our children's small bodies lie broken;
let us gather them up, as we may,
that the truth of our Love may be spoken;
then, when...
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Categories:
hailstones, children, school, student, usa, violence, war, youth,
Form:
Verse
The Children of Gaza Lyrics: I"The Children of Gaza" Lyrics: I
These lyrics were written by Michael R. Burch and were adapted in places to the music by Michael R. Burch with input from composer Eduard de Boer.
World premiere, April 22,2017,...
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Categories:
hailstones, child, child abuse, childhood, mother, mother son,
Form:
Lyric
Thomas Chatterton Translation: Excellent Ballad of CharityAn Excelente Balade of Charitie (“An Excellent Ballad of Charity”)
by Thomas Chatterton, age 17
modernization/translation by Michael R. Burch
As wroten bie the goode Prieste
Thomas Rowley 1464
In Virgynë the swelt'ring sun grew keen,
Then hot upon the meadows...
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Categories:
hailstones, allegory, christian, england, faith, prayer, religion, romantic,
Form:
Ballad
Doppler Radar Killed Our Classic Car - 2nd Half As Text Plus Full AudioHere's the deal, folks...
This is, as indicated, the 2nd HALF of this fairly lengthy poem. Due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations, this piece had to be posted in 2 parts.
...
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Categories:
hailstones, car,
Form:
Narrative
Heart Of Ice
"Timeless trust,
trapped in Selene's pendant,
pulsates purity and faith
...
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Categories:
hailstones, dark, deep, emotions, fantasy, heart, life, philosophy,
Form:
Free verse
Fatal Attraction
"Fatal Attraction"
The letter was typewritten
IBM Selectric,
No final salutation
in italics
“With love”,
but it was there nevertheless
invisible
electric
“VC”
Bleeding Bold Black
thick cursive stroke
With knife point calculation
An arrow hit it’s bullseye
A flourish with intent
A nicotine stain
at the...
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Categories:
hailstones, dark, imagery, psychological,
Form:
Free verse
Night Labor, for Rachel CorrieNight Labor
by Michael R. Burch
for Rachel Corrie
Tonight we keep the flame alive;
we keep the candle lit.
We burn bright incense in your name
and swear we’ll not forget—
your innocence, your courage,
your commitment—till bleak night
surrenders to irrevocable dawn
and...
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Categories:
hailstones, children, courage, hate, innocence, love, mother, night,
Form:
Rhyme
Ukraine PoemsThese are poems for Ukraine and Ukrainians.
We Are Here
by Michael R. Burch
“We are here.” – Volodymyr Zelensky
We are here. Were are here.
And we won’t disappear.
We are here. We are here. We are here.
We are...
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Categories:
hailstones, butterfly, child, children, conflict, mother, urban, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Homeless PoetryHOMELESS POETRY
These are poems about the homeless and poems for the homeless.
Epitaph for a Homeless Child
by Michael R. Burch
I lived as best I could, and then I died.
Be careful where you step: the grave is...
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Categories:
hailstones, america, child, childhood, children, home, mom, mother,
Form:
Rhyme
Nashville Covenant PoemsThese are poems for the victims of the Nashville Covenant School shootings.
Nashville Covenant Call to Love
by Michael R. Burch
Our hearts are broken today
for our children's small bodies lie broken;
let us gather them up, as we...
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Categories:
hailstones, bereavement, child, child abuse, children, school, student,
Form:
Rhyme
Sappho's LullabySappho's Lullaby
by Michael R. Burch
for Jeremy
Hushed yet melodic, the hills and the valleys
sleep unaware of the nightingale's call
while the dew-laden lilies lie
listening,
glistening...
this is their night, the first night of fall.
Son, tonight, a woman awaits...
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Categories:
hailstones, desire, Lullaby, moon, mother son, night, song,
Form:
Lyric
Song Lyrics ISong Lyrics I
"We Came Together" was written as song lyrics for New Zealand composer David Hamilton.
Song Lyrics: We Came Together
by Michael R. Burch
We came together – people of two lands
so unalike, at first, we hardly...
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Categories:
hailstones, community, discrimination, friend, friendship, music, race, song,
Form:
Rhyme